Testing the growth limitation hypothesis for subarctic Scots pine

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1186-1195

  Susiluoto, Sanna ^a   Hilasvuori, Emmi ^a   Berninger, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Carbon isotope; Debudding; Defoliation; Growth; Sink source relationships; Tree line

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TREELINE;

FINLAND;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 77955347763     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01684.x     Document Type: Article

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